The role of adult attachment style, birth intervention and support in posttraumatic stress after childbirth: A prospective study

Research suggests that empathy may reduce stigma, while adult attachment style may influence empathy. We examined stigma toward schizophrenia and other psychosocial or health concerns. We created vignettes describing a person displaying behavioral problems with different reasons offered for the behavior. Vignettes were followed by stigma items. Participants (N = 347) also completed empathy and adult attachment scales. The most stigma was found with a homelessness vignette, and the least with an Alzheimer's disease vignette. No significant differences in stigma were found between bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, or “severe psychological disorder” vignettes. Hierarchical regression analysis indicated a significant main effect for empathy. Interaction terms for empathy and adult attachment did not explain a significant proportion of stigma variance. Results are discussed in terms of mainstream conceptions of these conditions.

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A review of the role of adult attachment style in psychosis: Unexplored issues and questions for further research

Clinical Psychology Review ◽

10.1016/j.cpr.2006.09.006 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 27 (4) ◽

pp. 458-475 ◽

Cited By ~ 110

Author(s):

Katherine Berry ◽

Christine Barrowclough ◽

Alison Wearden

Keyword(s):

Attachment Style ◽

Adult Attachment ◽

Adult Attachment Style

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CRITICAL INCIDENT, ADULT ATTACHMENT STYLE, AND POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER: A COMPARISON OF THREE GROUPS OF SECURITY WORKERS

Social Behavior and Personality An International Journal ◽

10.2224/sbp.2008.36.8.1063 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 36 (8) ◽

pp. 1063-1072 ◽

Cited By ~ 16

Author(s):

Stefan Bogaerts ◽

Annelies L. Daalder ◽

Leontien M. Van Der Knaap ◽

Maarten J.J.M. Kunst ◽

Jos Buschman

Keyword(s):

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder ◽

Posttraumatic Stress ◽

Attachment Style ◽

Adult Attachment ◽

Critical Incident ◽

Stress Disorder ◽

Behavioral Therapy ◽

Ptsd Symptoms ◽

Adult Attachment Style ◽

Trauma Symptom

In this paper the authors render the results of research investigating adult attachment and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in a sample of Belgian security workers. The sample contained 3 subsamples: 68 individuals who had directly experienced a critical incident, 67 individuals who indirectly went through a critical incident, and 77 individuals who had not experienced a critical incident in the last six months. The analysis of the research results shows that the secure attachment style and the three PTSD trauma symptom clusters in DSM-IV - intrusion, avoidance/numbing, and hyperarousal - discriminate between the three subsamples. In other words, security workers who were directly and actively confronted with a critical incident were significantly more insecurely attached and suffered significantly more from PTSD symptoms than the groups who had no or indirect experience of a critical incident. Furthermore, trauma-focused cognitive-behavioral therapy is widely and quite efficiently used in the treatment of PTSD. Interest has been expressed in medical approaches.

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